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Curriculum Vitae - Ian Hodder CURRICULUM VITAE - IAN HODDER Date of Birth: 23rd November 1948 Nationality: British Career Details 1968-71 B.A. degree in Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, London University. Received First Class Honours Degree. 1971-75 Research leading to Ph.D. at Cambridge University, on the subject of ‘spatial analysis in archaeology'. 1974-77 Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology, University of Leeds. 1977-99 University Assistant Lecturer, University Lecturer (1981), Reader in Prehistory (1990), Professor of Archaeology (1996 - 9) in the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. 1999- Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, and Co-Director and Director of the Archaeology Center (to 2009). Dunlevie Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences (2002-) Other Appointments and Fellowships 1984 - 1989 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at State University of New York, Binghamton. 1986 - 1994 Adjunct Professor and Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1980 (6 months) Visiting Professor, Van Giffen Institute for Pre- and Proto-history, Amsterdam. 1985 (6 months) Visiting Professor, University of Paris I -Sorbonne (U.E.R. d'Art et d'Archéologie). 1987(6 months) Fellow at Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. 1990 - 2001 Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. 1996 - Fellow of the British Academy. 1 2005 – 2006 Guggenheim Fellow. 2007 - Honorary Professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. 2009 (3 months) Visiting Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford. 2010 (3 months) Visiting Professor, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme and Associate Professor at University of Paris I –Sorbonne. 2010 (6 months) Senior Residential Fellow in Research Center for Anatolian Civilization, Koç University, Istanbul. Prizes and Honorary Degrees 1971 Gordon Childe Prize, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. 1995 The Oscar Montelius Medal, Swedish Society of Antiquaries. 2002 National prize by Turkish Minister of Culture for scientific contributions to Turkish archaeology. 2009 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Bristol University, UK. 2009 Drexel Medal, University of Pennsylvania Museum. 2009 Huxley Memorial Medal, Royal Anthropological Institute, London. 2011 Honorary Doctorate, University of Leiden, Netherlands. Fieldwork Direction and Grants 1973-74 Director of excavations at the Iron Age and Roman site, Wendens Ambo, Essex. 1976-78 Director of excavations and field project at the prehistoric site of Ledston, W. Yorkshire, in association with the West Yorkshire Archaeological Unit. 1974-76, 1980-81, Ethnographic surveys of material culture in Kenya, 1982-83 funded by the British Academy, Leeds University and British Institute in East Africa. 1977 Ethnographic fieldwork in Sudan funded by the British Academy. 2 1978-79 Ethnographic fieldwork in Sudan funded by the Social Science Research Council. 1979 and 1980 Director of prehistoric site survey, Calabria, S.Italy, funded by the British Academy. 1980 Co-director of Departmental excavations at Maxey, Cambs. 1981 to 1990 Director of excavations at Haddenham, Cambs., funded by English Heritage and University of Cambridge. Also Director of MSC funded project at Haddenham. 1982 Programme of systematic fieldwork provided for Jersey Heritage Trust. 1990- 2001 Director-General of Cambridge Archaeological Unit. 1993- Fieldwork at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, funded by British Academy, British Institute at Ankara, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, European Union, McDonald Archaeological Fund, Stanford University, the Newton Trust, the Templeton Foundation, Global Heritage Fund, World Monument Fund, Kaplan Trust and by private and corporate sponsors and the Friends of Çatalhöyük. Total funds used per annum between US$ 450,000, and US$ 850,000. Site inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List 2012. 2002-2004 Director of TEMPER (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in the Eastern Mediterranean) funded by European Union with 1.3 million euro 2010-2016 Co-Investigator on Large Grant from the ESRC entitled ‘Ritual, Community, and Conflict’ £3,184,336 Societies Associate of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. Council Member 1986-1989. Various sub-committees. Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Council Member 1985-1988. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Fellow National, the Explorers Club. Prehistoric Society, Society for American Archaeology, American Anthropological Association Editorial activities 3 Editor (1981-1985) of Annual Report of the Cambridgeshire Archaeological Committee. Editorial board of New Directions in Archaeology (1978-1989). Cambridge University Press. Editorial board of Anthropology Today. Editorial board of Archeologia e Calcolatori. Editorial board of Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Editorial board of Journal of European Archaeology. Editorial Board of Home Culture Editorial Board of Archaeologies Advisory board of Rural History: Economy, Society, Culture. Advisory board of Journal of Material Culture. Editorial panel of Journal of Social Archaeology. General editor of series for B. Blackwell, Oxford, entitled: Social Archaeology (series ended 2001) General editor (with R Preucel) of series for University of Pennsylvania Press, and then Altamira Press entitled Archaeology, Society and Culture (from 2001) Main Administration and External Committees Academic Secretary of the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge 1980 to 1982, and 1986 to 1989. Secretary of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 1984 & 1989. Senior Examiner and Chairman of Examiners. Appointments Committee. Secretary of the Cambridgeshire Archaeological Committee, 1980 to 1986. Chairman and member of University Liaison Committee, I.F.A. 1988-90. Chairman, Career Development and Training Committee, I.F.A., 1990-1992. National Committee and Executive Committee for World Archaeological Congress, 1986. Elected North European representative 1988. Founding Committee for European Association of Archaeologists 1991-1995. Member of British Universities Archaeological Committee, and Departmental representative on SCUPHA, 1987 to 1989. 4 Examiner for University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, Archaeology 'A' level, 1984-86. External Examiner, Southampton University, 1989-1992; St. David's University College, Lampeter 1991-1994. Organiser of Darwin Lecture Series, Cambridge, 1999 Chair, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Stanford University 2001- 2005; Humanities and Sciences Appointments and Promotions Committee 2001-3; Co-Director of Archaeology Center, Stanford University 2000-2; Director of Archaeology Center, Stanford University 2006-9; Stanford University Committee for the Review of Undergraduate Majors 2007-9, Chair 2008-9. Academic Advisory Committee for Global Heritage Fund 2001-2012 Advisory Board for John Templeton Foundation 2010-2014 Selection Committee for Shangai Archaeology Forum, Institute of Archaeology, Beijing 2013- Principal Guest Lectures 1984 Introductory lecture at conference on Spatial Archaeology, University of Teruel, Spain. 1985 McDonald-Currie Lecturer, McGill University, Canada. 1988 Introductory lecture, conference on Spatial Archaeology, Universidad Lusiada, Lisbon. 1989 Lecture and concluding address at conference in Faro, Portugal. Plenary debate at Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta. Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Lecture and plenary discussant in conference on gender archaeology, University of Calgary. 1990 Guest speaker, Nordic Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Bergen. 1991 The Munroe Lectures, Edinburgh University. 1992 Keynote address, Megaliths conference, Mannheim. 1995 Special Guest Lecture, Swedish Society of Antiquaries, Stockholm 1996 Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Anthropology University of Virginia, Charlottesville Guest Lecturer at UN Habitat II Conference, Istanbul 1997 The Meyerstein Lecture, Oxford University 5 1998 The Sir Mortimer Wheeler Memorial Lecture at the British Academy Annual General Meeting Lecture for British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (London) The Kevorkian Lecture, University of Pennsylvania 1999 Keynote speaker, Society for Californian Archaeology Annual Meeting, Sacramento Keynote speaker, Conference on ‘Consumption rituals’, Bilkent University, Ankara 2000 Skomp Distinguished Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Plenary address, Chacmool Conference, University of Calgary, Canada 2001 Distinguished Guest Lecture at national meeting of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology, Rio de Janeiro 2002 Trude Dothan Lectures at Al-Quds University, Hebrew University and Albright Institute, Jerusalem Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professorship, McMaster University, Canada Shallit Lecturer, Brigham Young University, Utah Distinguished Lecturer, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2003 Waring Distinguished Public Lecturer, University of West Georgia 2004 Plenary address, American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Antonio,Texas Plenary address to British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology, Reading 2005 Distinguished Plenary Speaker at Wye River Conference on Palestinian-Israeli Shared Past, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Annual General Meeting Lecture for British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (London) 2006 Keynote address at World Archaeological
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